May 5th, 2010 / 11:32 am
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William Burroughs shooting William Shakespeare

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  1. Christopher Higgs

      When I was at U of Nebraska I had a poetry tutorial with Ted Kooser where basically I would bring a handful of poems to his office once a week and he would tell me why I sucked at writing poetry…anyway, one day I got to his office early and he needed to make a phone call so I decided to check out his bookshelves and the art on the walls….it was a pretty good-sized office, as would be the case for any US Poet Laureate, I assume..but anyway, in the back corner of the office hung a framed target from a shooting range with bullet holes in it and written in sloppy ink was a personal message to Ted from Burroughs. I can’t for the life of me remember specifically what it said, but something about them being shooting buddies or something and the very fact that Ted Kooser went shooting with WSB and the implication that they might actually have been friends was crazy enough for me to never forget seeing it.

  2. Jhon Baker

      I love Bill.

  3. Hank

      Shoulda put an apple on the bard’s head.

  4. Nathan Tyree

      rocks glass

  5. stephen

      “He’s dead, man.” :)

  6. stephen
  7. ryanchang

      unbelievably awesome

  8. Craig Davis

      Kansas.

  9. hustlers of the world

      would def rather read about william burroughs than read william burroughs.

  10. Nathan Tyree

      I lived In Lawrence the same time W.S.B. did. Met him once.

  11. Christopher Higgs

      When I was at U of Nebraska I had a poetry tutorial with Ted Kooser where basically I would bring a handful of poems to his office once a week and he would tell me why I sucked at writing poetry…anyway, one day I got to his office early and he needed to make a phone call so I decided to check out his bookshelves and the art on the walls….it was a pretty good-sized office, as would be the case for any US Poet Laureate, I assume..but anyway, in the back corner of the office hung a framed target from a shooting range with bullet holes in it and written in sloppy ink was a personal message to Ted from Burroughs. I can’t for the life of me remember specifically what it said, but something about them being shooting buddies or something and the very fact that Ted Kooser went shooting with WSB and the implication that they might actually have been friends was crazy enough for me to never forget seeing it.

  12. Jhon Baker

      I love Bill.

  13. Hank

      Shoulda put an apple on the bard’s head.

  14. Nathan Tyree

      rocks glass

  15. stephen

      “He’s dead, man.” :)

  16. stephen
  17. reynard

      makes sense

      not

  18. ryan chang

      unbelievably awesome

  19. Craig Davis

      Kansas.

  20. hustlers of the world

      would def rather read about william burroughs than read william burroughs.

  21. Nathan Tyree

      I lived In Lawrence the same time W.S.B. did. Met him once.

  22. reynard

      makes sense

      not

  23. Ridge

      “would def rather read about william burroughs than read william burroughs.”

      Try ‘Wild Boys’. You won’t regret it.

  24. Ridge

      “would def rather read about william burroughs than read william burroughs.”

      Try ‘Wild Boys’. You won’t regret it.

  25. shaun

      i would rather watch william burroughs shoot shakespeare than read william burroughs

  26. efferny jomes

      i would rather watch william burroughs shoot shakespeare than read william burroughs

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  31. David p Bates

      “when it stays open, it’s empty”

      shakes was a hack

  32. David p Bates

      “when it stays open, it’s empty”

      shakes was a hack